C/o European Space Policy Institute (ESPI) Schwarzenbergplatz 6 Vienna A-1030 AUSTRIA Email: [email protected] Website: www.spacegeneration.org Phone: +43 1 718 11 18 30 Fax: +43 1 718 11 18 99 Contents www.spacegeneration.org TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS III INTRODUCTION 1 ABOUT THE SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL 2 MESSAGE FROM THE SGAC CO-CHAIRS 3 MESSAGE FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF SGAC 4 EXECUTIVE REVIEW 5 SPONSORS 8 PARTNERS 9 SGAC BACKGROUND 10 HISTORY OF THE SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL 11 SGAC LEADERSHIP AND STRUCTURE 12 SGAC PROGRAMME 13 THE ORGANISATION IN 2010 14 GOAL ACHIEVEMENT ASSESSMENT 15 SGAC ACTIVITY HIGHLIGHTS 18 SPACE GENERATION CONGRESS REPORT 22 UNITED NATIONS REPORTS 26 UN COPUOS and Subcommittees 26 UN Economic and Social Council 27 Report on 2010 United Nations Meetings 28 TREASURER’S REPORT 31 COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC RELATIONS TEAM REPORT 38 SGAC PROJECTS 40 OVERVIEW OF THE 2010 PROJECT OUTCOMES AND HIGHLIGHTS 41 YOUTH FOR GNSS 42 SGAC GROUP ON SPACE TECHNOLOGIES FOR DISASTER MANAGEMENT 43 NEAR EARTH OBJECT WORKING GROUP 45 SGAC REGIONAL ACTIVITIES 47 MAPS OF SGAC REGIONS AND REPRESENTED COUNTRIES 48 REGIONAL AND NATIONAL REPORTS 49 Africa 49 SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL P a g e |i NNUAL EPORT A R 2010 Contents www.spacegeneration.org Asia Pacific 64 Europe 95 Middle East 122 North, Central America and the Caribbean 130 South America 141 SGAC ACTIVITIES IN 2010 144 OTHER YOUTH ORIENTED SPACE ACTIVITIES IN COLOMBIA 2010 145 PLANS FOR 2011 146 APPENDICES 152 APPENDIX A: ADDITIONAL SGAC WEBSITES 153 APPENDIX B: SGAC 2010 EXECUTIVE TEAM 154 APPENDIX C: SGAC 2010 NATIONAL POINTS OF CONTACT 159 APPENDIX D: THE SGAC BOARDS 161 APPENDIX E: THE SGAC 2010 TEAMS 162 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 163 SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL P a g e |ii NNUAL EPORT A R 2010 Acronyms www.space generation.org ACRONYMS Acronym Definition SGAC Space Generation Advisory Council AAJ Astronomical Association of Jamaica AIAA American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics APRSAF Asia-Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum APSCO Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organisation ASECNA Cameroon Civil Aviation Authority AsMA Aerospace Medical Association ASRI Australian Space Research Institute ASTROSAT Astronomy Satellite AWS Asian Winter School AYAF Australian Youth Aerospace Forum BEXUS Balloon Experiments for University Students BRITE Bright Target Explorer BRITE-PL Bright-star Target Explorer-Poland CAP Communicating Astronomy with the Public CASI Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute CCSDS Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems CSA Canadian Space Agency CSO Czech Space Office DASS Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences DLR Deutsches Zentrum für Luft und Raumfahrt (German Aerospace Centre) EADS European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company N.V. EC European Commission ECOSOC Economic and Social Council EISC European Interparliamentary Space Conference EO Earth Observation ESA European Space Agency ESMO European Student Moon Orbiter ESO European Southern Observatory ESON ESO Science Outreach Network ESPI European Space Policy Institute EXA Ecuadorian Civilian Space Agency GAIA Globales Astrometrisches Interferometer für die Astrophysik GAM Global Astronomy Month GEOSS Global Earth Observation System of Systems GIS Geographic Information System GISTDA Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency GMES Global Monitoring for Environment and Security GNSS Global Navigation Satellite Systems GPS Global Positioning System GSA Galileo Navigation System GSLV Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle GTTP Galileo Teacher Training Programme GWU George Washington University IAA International Academy of Astronautics IAC International Astronautical Congress IAF International Astronautical Federation IAT Istanbul Astronomy Community ICG International Committee on GNSS ICIST International Conference for the Integration of Science and Technology ICTP International Centre for Theoretical Physics SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL P a g e | iii ANNUAL REPORT 2010 Acronyms www.space generation.org Acronym Definition IEEE Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering IKAROS Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun IKY Ελληνικά Ίδρυμα Κρατικών Υποτροφιών (Greek State Scholarships Foundation) ILOA International Lunar Observatory Association INTA Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation ISS International Space Station ISU International Space University IUCAA Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics IYA International Year of Astronomy JAXA Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency JENAM Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting KAIST Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology KARI Korea Aerospace Research Institute KOMPSAT 5 Korean Multipurpose Satellite 5 KSAY Korea Space Association for Young Generation KSLV Korea Space Launch Vehicle KSLV-I Korean Space Launch Vehicle-1 LEEM Laboratory for Space and Microgravity Research LOC Local Organising Committee MDG Millennium Development Goals MEA Mexican Space Agency Mk-III Mark III MUSES-C Mu Space Engineering Spacecraft C NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASO Nepal Astronomical Society NAST Nepal Academy of Science and Technology NCAC North, Central America and the Caribbean NCRT National Council for Research and Technology NEO Near Earth Objects NGO Non Government Organisations NIA National Institute of Aerospace NPoC National Point of Contact NSCW National Space Camp Woomera NZ New Zealand OOSA Office for Outer Space Affairs PR & Comm Communications & Public Relations PSLV Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle PW-SAT studencki satelita Politechniki Warszawskiej QZS-1 Quasi Zenith Satellite 1 RASC-AL Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts-Academic Linkage RC Regional Coordinator RDS Rocket for Drop Sonde REXUS Rocket Experiments for University Students SAAO South African Astronomical Observatory SANSA South Africa National Space Agency SAR Synthetic Aperture Radar SASA South African Space Association SASS South Australian Space School SC Security Council SCA Space Conference of the Americas SCaN Space Communications and Navigation SEDS Students for the Exploration and Development of Space SG Secretary-General SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL P a g e | iv ANNUAL REPORT 2010 Acronyms www.space generation.org Acronym Definition SGC Space Generation Congress SGF Space Generation Forum SH-SSP Southern Hemisphere Summer Space Programme SPDC Special Political and Decolonisation Committee SPU Space Policy Unit SSN Space Surveillance Network SSP Space Studies Programme SSS Space Safety and Sustainability STUDSAT Student Satellite THEOS Thailand Earth Observation Satellite UdelaR Universidad de la República UK United Kingdom UN United Nations UN COPUOS United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space UN GA United Nations General Assembly UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation UNISEC Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council UNISPACE United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Space UNITEC-1 UNISEC Technology Experiment Carrier-1 UNL University of Nebraska at Lincoln UN-SPIDER UN Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response UPC Polytechnic University of Catalonia US United States of America VINASAT Viet Nam Satellite VNREDSat-1 Viet Nam Natural Resources, Environment and Disaster Monitoring Small Satellite VSS Victorian Space School VSSEC Victorian Space Science Education Centre WPA Woomera Prohibited Area WSW World Space Week YGNSS Youth for Global Navigation Satellite Systems SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL P a g e |v ANNUAL REPORT 2010 SGAC SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL INTRODUCTION Introduction www.space generation.org ABOUT THE SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL The Space Generation Advisory Council (SGAC) in support of the United Nations (UN) Programme on Space Applications is a non-governmental organisation that aims to represent university students and young space professionals to the United Nations, Nation States, space agencies, industry, academia and other organisations in the space community. SGAC has permanent observer status in the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS). SGAC has a long history and was conceived at the Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Space (UNISPACE-III) in Vienna in 1999. The SGAC Executive Council is made up of representatives from each of the six UN regions, and has a larger body of representatives from nation states. Our focus is on pragmatic space policy advice to policy makers based on the interests of the global community of university students and young professionals, broadly in the age range 18-35, interested in space. SGAC currently has 4,000 university students and young professionals in roughly 90 countries in its network. SPACE GENERATION ADVISORY COUNCIL P a g e |2 ANNUAL REPORT 2010 Introduction www.space generation.org MESSAGE FROM THE SGAC CO-CHAIRS Dear Members, sponsors and supporters, As we look back to report on another year of SGAC activity we continue to be amazed by the growth and success of our individual members as they make their way in study, careers and life. There is a sense of high-energy optimism and ambition amongst SGAC’s membership base as we turn a passion for space, in its many delicious flavours, into careers full of meaning and accomplishment. The measure of SGAC’s success is to see more students and young professionals involved in more space